diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 109974a3d..940c47286 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ Rodrigue Cloutier
 Roger Hu
 Ross Lawley
 Roy Williams
+Salvatore Zagaria
 Sandra Martocchia
 Scott Belden
 Sigve Tjora
diff --git a/coverage/jsonreport.py b/coverage/jsonreport.py
index 0c3f313d9..1f544b0d3 100644
--- a/coverage/jsonreport.py
+++ b/coverage/jsonreport.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def report(self, morfs, outfile=None):
             self.report_data["totals"].update({
                 'num_branches': self.total.n_branches,
                 'num_partial_branches': self.total.n_partial_branches,
+                'covered_branches': self.total.n_executed_branches,
+                'missing_branches': self.total.n_missing_branches,
             })
 
         json.dump(
diff --git a/tests/test_json.py b/tests/test_json.py
index 2d2ae9f4a..92dee6d94 100644
--- a/tests/test_json.py
+++ b/tests/test_json.py
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ def test_branch_coverage(self):
                 'num_branches': 2,
                 'excluded_lines': 0,
                 'num_partial_branches': 1,
-                'percent_covered': 60.0
+                'percent_covered': 60.0,
+                'covered_branches': 1,
+                'missing_branches': 1
             }
         }
         self._assert_expected_json_report(cov, expected_result)